Turf Toe

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Turf Toe

A ligamentous sprain of the metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint of the great toe affecting athletes in various sports—baseball, (American) football, soccer, rugby, etc.—played on artificial turf
Management Ice, NSAIDS, immobilisation, rest, footwear designed for artificial turf, increased stiffness of shoe plus taping help to prevent hyperextension or hyperflexion of the MTP of great toe

turf toe

Sports medicine A ligamentous sprain of the metatarsophalangeal–MTP joint of the great toe affecting athletes in various sports–baseball, football, soccer played on artificial turf Clinical Commonly presents as an intensely painful, swollen, red, accompanied by acute flexor and extensor tendinitis Treatment Ice, NSAIDS, immobilization, rest, footwear designed for artificial turf, ↑ stiffness of shoe plus taping help to prevent hyperextension or hyperflexion of the MTP of great toe. See Sports dermatology.

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